Day 283 - A Year to Clear - No Fixing Necessary

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Lesson 283: No Fixing Necessary

“We do not need fixing. The core of our being is not broken. We humans are simply out of touch with our selves and out of balance. And, by extension, our homes and world are out of balance because we are. Not the other way around.”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

Don’t you just love being reminded of these impactful statements? WE DO NOT NEED FIXING. How powerful is that to absorb?

We don’t need to do things for ourselves that fix aspects of ourselves. We just need to get back in touch with our inner self to confirm what is out of balance. When we can meditate on it and then act upon it, then we can restore balance within ourselves and then our environment.

We also don’t need to do a thing to change and fix people. I think we need to consider who we let in our lives that may spin our world out of balance. I think it’s important to surround yourself with like-minded people so that it builds your environment.

I think this lesson is so much more about reflection and really allowing it to sink in.

Day 223 - A Year to Clear - Self-Care and Clearing

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Lesson 223: Self-Care and Clearing

Self-care might be unnatural for you. To switch off and take time out for yourself if you’re busily picking up after others or placing other people’s needs first. Self-care and clearing go hand in hand. It’s about letting go and finding the time to place your needs first. By placing your needs first, it creates a safe and calm environment. In clearing practises, it’s about creating a space that you feel comfortable in and bringing about balance. This balance includes your body, mind and soul. It’s about bringing about all those good things that make us feel 100% and doing away with anything that doesn’t serve us. Self-care allows us to let in some positive vibes and release any stuck energy. Even if self-care feels uncomfortable, it’s about embracing this need to feed our souls. I keep mentioning to not feel bad for taking time out for yourself. It’s important we do this routinely so we’re at our optimum. If we make time for ourselves then the outward energy we radiate will also help others.

Day 184 - A Year to Clear - Yang and Yin

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Lesson 184: Yang and Yin

“Being bold and being vulnerable are two sides of the same coin. Together they make a potent combination.”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

Today we are to consider the statement.

It’s quite powerful and at the same time makes perfect sense. I think about the times when we need to push our comfort zones – doing something we may not necessarily like but have to try in order to find out. When I think about a time I pushed my comfort zone was when I first moved to Melbourne. I did not know anyone, apart from work mates who I had spoken to on the phone, and I didn’t have any friends or family here. I decided to go to meetup groups to establish my own friendships. I was really pushing myself to do it, not knowing if I’d find anyone I’d get along with. I had to become brave in those moments and told myself to just go with the flow and see what happened. It did leave me vulnerable, in the sense that I wasn’t sure if I could chat to anyone or seem interesting enough for people to want to talk to me. I could have been a fish out of water. In the end, it turned out well and I surprised myself at how well I succeeded in those meetup groups.

I guess if I didn’t open myself to those possibilities, I wouldn’t have known. I allowed myself to be both bold and vulnerable in order to move forward and establish my own network of friends. I think those two aspects applies in life – like trusting new friends with your life, asking someone out for the first time, asking your boss for raise, going on a holiday by yourself, trying a dance class where you don’t know anyone… I could on and on. It’s a powerful combo that pushes boundaries in a good way. You could take it one step deeper and realise that it helps clear your path of doubt also. By using that combo, it allows you to live.

Do you remember a time when you were both vulnerable and bold?

Day 181 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - The Physical Body Can...

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Lesson 181: The Physical Body Can...

“The physical body can change in an instant, but mostly, it changes slowly; you eat a meal, and feel one way. You sleep, and feel another. The emotional body can change in milliseconds, riding up one wave of emotion and down the other. The waves are not true: they are just the movement of energy, up or down.”

— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to thinking about what we do when we have a rise or decline in emotion. What do we do to make ourselves balanced again when that emotion doesn’t serve you anymore?

I personally take deep breaths in and then breathing out. I actually do a lot of visualisation that the air I breathe in is some energising white light and what I breathe out is all the anxiety, pain, frustration etc that goes back out into the Universe. That’s what I try first.

Other times I just watch TV or listen to music to just take my mind away from things because then I don’t have to use brain power thinking about anything. Sometimes it’s just nice to have these outlets to get lost in for a moment.

Another thing I do to rebalance is meditation or just simply asking the Universe to take what doesn’t serve me away. I think simply by asking it to not be in my mind anymore and asking my guides to help me, makes a difference. Then I usually sleep on it and I don’t have so much emotions the next day.

These methods are all my methods of trying to rebalance – what are yours?

Day 172 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - Food, Alcohol, Drugs Are Toxins...

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Lesson 172: Food, Alcohol, Drugs Are Toxins...

So, today is about recognising that food, drugs and alcohol are toxins for the body just as much as excessive exercise, lack of sleep and other “good” things we feed our mind and body. When we do things in excess, it can throw us off balance. Today we are to ask our body what it needs for balance. It’s about looking deeper. Do you need rest? Do you need to something as a pick me up?

For me, I need to stop being so self-deprecating. I believe I under value myself so much and I need to do away with these thoughts. I had one of the best days yesterday where I fully took a risk in regards to trying to read tarot cards and I just trusted the Universe that it would work out. I just told myself I could do anything and went for a practise reading night and gave out some good readings. That just boosted my confidence more than I ever felt. I felt so triumphant and that was amazing. I need to continue that feeling of success every day. The more I rid myself of those thoughts that bring me down, the more I will become balanced.

What did you find that you needed today?